Can we disentangle predator-prey interactions from species distributions at a macro-scale? A case study with a raptor species

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-72

  Aragón, Pedro ^a   Sánchez Fernández, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

SPAIN;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; RAPTORES; REPTILIA;

EID: 84871477885     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20348.x     Document Type: Article

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